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Title
Glorieta
Description
The battle was fought on March 26th to 28th, 1862 in New Mexico. It was also known as La Glorieta Pass. John P. Slough faces William R. Scurry.
Subject
Publisher
Date
1862-03-28
Scenario#
RB03
Scenario Description
The Battle was fought on March 26th to 28th, 1862 in New Mexico. It was also known as La Glorieta Pass. John P. Slough faces William R. Scurry.
Location
Glorieta, New Mexico
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Glorieta Pass in the northern New Mexico Territory, was the decisive battle of the New Mexico Campaign during the American Civil War. Dubbed the "Gettysburg of the West" by some authors, it was intended as the decisive blow by Confederate forces to break the Union possession of the West along the base of the Rocky Mountains. It was fought at Glorieta Pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in what is now New Mexico, and was an important event in the history of the New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Glorieta Pass
Scenario Link
External Link
Combatants
the Confederacy
the Union
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